Don't You Love Me No More? is the lead track and is a song that anyone whose ever slaved their hearts out for the corporate machine, only to be given a big fat kick in the teeth, will find is their new anthem. Elsewhere you'll hear a beautifully ragged Nashville-influenced backing to more biting wit and wisdom on all manner of subjects close to our hearts like Grey's the New Blonde, Old and - tackling the changing face of `the biz' - Did I Fight in The Punk Wars For This? and The Sacred Scrolls of Pop. But is this music for grumpy old men? "No!" Henry disagrees, "I'm just trying to write scruffy pop songs of pith, wit and poignancy...with the emphasis on scruffy," (referring to the fact that he played almost everything on the album himself).
In September 2007 meets song-writer Tom Gilbert....armed with inspiration from the Rough Trade "Songwriter" series, & a boxset of The Kinks first 10 albums, and abiding by the "Nashville rules" of 3 hour writing sessions for each song, the duo come up with "Old" and "Did I Fight in the Punk Wars for This?" and Henry is bullied by Tom into singing for the first time since 1981, whence they realise they have (much more by accident than by design) created something a bit special....more writing sessions follow ...the songs just flow out...11 songs in 5 sessions, .including " Grey's the New Blonde", "The Sacred Scrolls of Pop" and "r.e.d.u.n.d.a.n.t (Don't you love me no more)"....
Produced, recorded and performed almost entirely by Henry in his home studio (with odd guest performances from friends who can really play, sent over the `net) the album has very much been done with a D.I.Y ethic (1977?), songs being thrown down with more attention to feel & honesty than technical ability & perfection.
::TRACKLIST::
1. Don't You Love Me No More?
2. Old
3. What You Doin' With Me?
4. It's Called A Heart
5. Grey's The New Blonde
6. He Ain't Good Enough For You
7. The Idiot
8. The Sacred Scrolls Of Pop
9. Did I Fight In The Punk Wars For This?
10. No To The Logo
11. It's What You Leave Behind
12. Goodbye Mr. Lee (...And Thanks)
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